Industry Committee To Offer Plant Bonds (Continued from page one) Power Company tuts hooked OR S7 aew he? ?? IhU year and all profits from (he power company gee* Into (be college endowment tad far students. He said (hat what's food (or a few people la (he coaaty Is feed for alL J. C. Goodnight said that the new indutry will certainly assist the tanners. Hal Johnson of Shadowline said that his concern needs more girls in the county to wear their pro ducts. Fred Gragg of IRC ocmmemted that he is 'looking forward to having the shoe company as a I neighbor. Neil Faries of the Blue Ridge Electric Corporation said that hi s company is behind the new industry. Paul Winkler invited the group to visit the new 180,000 church being constructed near the shce company building. Glenn R. Andrews said that ad ditional peorfe will bay Items in (he coanty and (his will be goo-1 for everyone. Andrews bought (he ftrot bonds ?o be sold la (he RH.M campaign In Watauga Osaa(y. Max Dixon of the First Na tional Rank said he represented one of the smallest new busi nesses in the county. He praised Appalachian College, the new hospital and the new industry. It is his opinion that the county oan't help but go forwiard. Watauga Citziens, Inc., was formed by the Watauga Indus try Committee. Its officers and directors are as follows: Clyde R. Greene, chairman; W. Ralph Winkler, vice chairman; Howard Holshouser, vice - chairman; Stanley A. Harris, secretary treasurer. Directors are: E. F. Coe, 0. K. Richardson, Glenn Andrews, I. B. Wilson, James Harsh, Robert Hardin, Alfred Adams and D. L. Wilcox. School, Hospital Work Progresses (Continued from page one) project by the first of the year," Mrs. Groce said, "and we may be able to do it quite a bit earlier than ttiat." As is the case with the school, architects and survey ors will be called in as soon as a site for the hospital is Half truths are often more dangerous than no truths. Legal Notice BOND ORDER AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $500,000 PUBLIC HOSPITAL BONDS OF THE COUNTY OF WATAUGA. WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the County of Watauga deems it advisable that the County erect and equip a new public hospital in order to provide adequate hospital facilities for the inhabitants of said County and desires to pro vide for the financing of a por tion of the cost of erecting and equipping the necessary build ing or buildings and of acquir ing a suitable site; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED by the Board of Commissioners of the County of Watauga as follows: Section 1. The Board of Com missioners of the County of Watauga has ascertained and hereby determines that, in or der to provide adequate public hospital facilities for the in habitants of said County, it will be necessary to erect and ?quip a new building or buildings for use as public hospital facilities and to acquire a suitable site therefor, it necessary, within the County. Section 2. In order to provide funds for such purpose in ad dition to any funds which may be made available for such Kurpose from any other source, onds of the County of Wata uga are hereby authorized and shall be issued pursuant to The County Finance Act of North Carolina. The maximum aggre Kte principal amount of said nds authorized by this bond order shall be Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000). Section 3. A tax sufficient to pay the principal of and inter est on said bonds when due shall be annually levied and collected. Section 4. A statement of the County debt of the County of Watauga has been filed with the Clerk of the Board of Com missioners of said County and is open to public inspection. Section 9. This bond order shall take effect when approved by the voters of the County at an election as provided in said Act." The foregoing bond order was finally passed on the 16th day of September, 1963, and was first published on the 26th day of September, 1963. Any action or proceeding question ing the validity of said order must be commenced within thirty days after its first publi cation. I. B. WILSON, Clerk of the Board Of Commissioners Of Watauga County. North Carolina M6-2C Mayor Writes (Continued from page one) from California) butter beans, carrots, celery, etc., home grown; then eggi and every kind of cheese. Their method ? they bring it early even before we were there, then the jobbers go around and buy in large lots to re-sell to the merchants down town (no retail) then after the best is sold smaller buyers come by and pick up odds and ends ? then at 8:30 they re group what is left, take it into a large building and auction it off. We couldn't stay for the auction but from our guide's description they got rid of all of it. It is similar to home: the farmer gets enly a fraction of what the consumer finally pays. But also as with our farmers they seemed hsppy and whether we could talk with them or not they always recognized a smile and returned it. Tomorrow we leave for Am sterdam and on to Moscow, Regards, Wade E. Brown. Eye Clinic 'Continued from page on*) ing. The Welfare Department will screen the list to see who will be in need of financial help, and their report will be return ed to the Health Department. Children certified by the Wel fare Department will receive their glasses free of charge, and their glasses will be paid for by the Boone Lions Club Eye Clinic. Children not certified by the Welfare Department will be required to buy their own glasses, at no cost to the eye clinic. Adults that are in need of this service must be certified by the Welfare Department in order to receive the services of the eye clinic. New Golf Course (Continued from page one) alio for (airway*. The semi automatic system will place the golf course among the few la the ftate wlht sprinkler* for the entire count. Another lake, one which mir ror* the encompassing moun tain* and i* already present, will be a hazard of one of the wi|)e, smooth greens. :: The course is the first im portant phase of a long-range plan. Future projects will in clude a handsome clubhouse where an old plantation home now stands.- There will be ad ditional facilities including a swimming pool and tennis courts. A principal, component part of the plan is a residential sub division in the higher, smooth areas, where a panoramic view will include golf coarse and mountains. Ths broad charter held by the corporation includes rights to acquire, buy, hold, rent, de velop, sell, convey, mortgage, exchange, improve and other wise deal in and dispose of real estate of every nature and de scription; to subdivide, plot and develop land and property for sale. The 800-acre tract under de velopment by the corporation was formerly one of the old est, largest and most valuable plantations in the foothills sec tion of the state. Originally owned by Charlie Coffey, It lat er became the property of his daughter and her husband, Jane Coffey Powell and Haywood Powell. Other owoers have In cluded Walter Barger, Jack Taylor of Lenoir, Carl Clements of Hickory. The most recent owner was W. F. Gaddy of North Wilkesboro. The new golf course follows a current American trend found in many large residential de velopments. Statistics indicate 40 per cent of the 400 private country clubs started in recent months are included in real es tate developments. Florida, with California run ning a close second, is the lead ing state in residential golf course promotions. More than 100 fairway de velopments are now under con struction in 29 states. The new one near Lenoir Will rival any of them in fascination for golf ers. Some people do not care to improve their lot ? they are hopeless. Prosperity will not abound in this country if the farmer loses his profits. Doing favors for people is habit-forming, in both direct ion*. Prepares To Haul Another Load Robert White stands beside bis truck pre paratory to leaving Watauga County with still another load of produce. Robert White, Veteran Trucker, Claims Produce Hauling Record Robert White, 52 years old and a truck driver by profes sion, has probably hauled more produce out of Watauga County than any other man alive or dead. In the IS years he has worked for V. C. Shore Produce Co. of Boone and Bigger* Bros. Co. in Charlotte, he estimates that the extent of his driving has worn out seven or eight new trucks, one of which he drove over 500,000 miles before it gave out on him. He is unable to even estimate the number of trucks he has worn out or the astronomical number of miles he has driven (whatever the figure is, it is well into the millions) in the 20 years that he has hauled agricultural produce full-time. And even before that, he was ? part-time truck driver as well as a farmer and general handy man. "I ain't scared of work," he says; and from his record, you have to believe it. \yhite continues, "I'm dumb ill a way ? can't read nor write -fbut I can get up and down road and find my way around. My mommy was named Work and my daddy's name was Get-Another-Job. That's all I know." White has always been able to get another job. Born in Wilmington, N. C., he moved to Boone at an early age and was soon driving full-time for Good night Bros. Co. "That must have been about 1939," he reminisces. "I was the first driver they ever had." "Then I went to work for Hollars Produce Comapny, which don't exist now. But I hauled for them for 16 years." Though his work takes him sometimes to points as far away as Florida, White calls Boone his home. He lives on North Depot Street, with his wife, Minnie, and six children. He is also a member of a Baptist church in Boone, where he is a deacon and also serves on the church finance committee. "I joined the church in 1937," he says, "and I'd still rather go to church than do anything else. I go every chance I get." White is obviously a man who loves his job. "If there's anything I'd rather haul than a load of cattle," he says, "it's a big load of Irish potatoes. But 111 haul anything they ask me to, and do anything I can to help out around the warehouse. And I'll enjoy doing it, too." Hi* favorite truckload of goods, though, was neither cat tle nor potatoes. "Back in 1947, two highway patrolmen in Boone ? R. B. Parker and Tom my Robinson ? had confiscated a big load of liquor, and I was hired to haul it all to Raleigh. Three hundred and sixty-five cases of liquor, and they wouldn't let me drink any of it." He laughs when he says, "That was the only time in my whole career that I felt like I was tied down." And oh, ye* ? about that truck that White drove over a half a million miles. "When I turn ed it over down in Florida," he says, "it was about to fall apart anyway. I Just said to myself, '01* Coon's ran it a long time, but it finally caught up with me at last'." 1 White has had four wrecks ? all minor ? in his millions of miles of driving. "But only one fourth of 'em was my fault," he emphasizes. "When I drive for a man, I want him to know he can trust me." His present employer trusts him. That much is obvious. "There's no 'question but that he's hauled more produce out of Watauga than anybody else," Mr. Shore said. "He's hauled many a load of fertilizer in to grow the stuff with too. And he'll probably be doing so for years to come." Demonstration Council Holds September Meet The Watauga County Home Demonstration Council held their last regular meeting of the year September 13 in the borne agent's office. Mrs. A. E. Vannoy gave the devotional and the previous minutes were read and approved. Final plans were made for Home 'Demonstration Achieve ment Day to be held October 24 at the Boone Methodist Church. Mrs. Frank Phillips of Avery County will be the speaker. (Mrs. J. C. Goodnight is chairman of the exhibit committee, and each club will have an exhibit. Hodges Gap and Cove Creek Clubs gave more money to tbe Citizenship Fund which was $50 short of the goal. It was an nounced that $123.40, in the coun cil treasury will go to the iHome Demonstration Building fund. Mis. Earl Petrey and Mrs. Don Hodges were selected to buy <a going-awiay gift for Mrs. Martha Jenkins, and one for the guest speaker, Mrs. Phillips. The scrapbook committee for 1934 is Mrs. J. C. Cliae, chair man, iMrs. Howard Dancy and Mrs. Don Hodges. Mrs. Clyde DuLa and Mrs. James Mast were we proudly present a revolutionary New Method o Hearing Aid to the Individual hearing loss with the amazing new precisi?nEar Mwm> No two ears are similar, like wise, no two hearing losses are exactly alike. Hearing losses require different types of hear ing aids and different fittings. The amazing new Maico Pre cisionear determines precisely which hearing aid offers the best hearing correction for your loss. Now, you can find out for yourself whether a hearing aid will benefit you without actually having to try different models. The Prect sionear eliminates guesswork. now exclusive at MAICO HEARING SERVICE Hickory, N. C. For Free Home Demonstration Call or See S tailings Jewelers Boone, N. C. Dial 264-3666 Hi, Appointed to nominate a vice president and secretary for tibe county council. ' It was announced that all Home Demonstration achieve ment blanks are due in the agent's office by October U, and that the handbooks are avail able at 20 cents a copy. BOOST FOB DEFENSE The Senate Appropriations Committee has recommended $289,000,000 more in defense money than was voted by the House. In explaining the Senate com mittee's action, Senator Re sell, (D.-Ga.), chairman of the Armed Service Committee said: "I think we are making a very serious mistake in abandoning our manned aircraft." Most of the increase would go for additional aircraft, mis siles and similar military hard ware. Fashion Note Hats tend to have a heavy look with fur and velour as favorite materials. Washington Report Washington, D. C.? The af termath of the debate on ratif ication of the nuclear teat-ban treaty included sentiment that the United States waa placed in the position of being committed before the Senate actually acted to ratfy the document. Critics pointed to the fact that almost a hundred nations signed the treaty after ita com pletion In Moscow by Ameri can, British and Russian o ficials. In addition to the fact that they signed it, some of these countries signed only af ter U. S. solicitation. Some Senators felt it waa hardly possible, under such con ditions, for the 'Senate to re fuae to ratify the treaty. And President John F. Kennedy had gone on record as saying the government was commited to the treaty before the ratifica tion vote, which made it even harder to cast a negative vote. In short, the Senate might in sist that U. S. commitment wait until the Senate haa fully de bated and ratified treaties in the future, even though few be lieve such procedure would have changed the outcome In the Senate on the test-ban pact. The margin in favor of ratifica tion might have been reduced. There are those in Washing ton, and some in Congress, who were not happy to see President Kennedy meeting again with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, the man who lied directly to the President last year about missiles in Cuba. Nor is Dictator Tito of Yugo slavia to be welcomed by all when he calls on President Kennedy later in the year. Tito has made many misstatements about the United States over the years, especially about American workers being ex ploited, and has strutted his stuff with world leaders of late. Adding Kennedy to his list will enhance his reputation in Yugoslavia and help the com munist cause in Yougoslavia. The White House, however, looks upon both the Gromyko and Tito meetings as highly valuable, despite misgivings elsewhere. The Goldwater bandwagon is rolling along, with at least four | prominent members of the Ei senhower Administration re ! portedly casting their lot with the Arizona Senator, Such fi gures as George Humphrey, Sinclair Weeks, Ezra Benson, and others are said to lean to Goldwater, though official en dorsements have not been made. In fact, Goldwater is not yet officially a candidate. The lat est Gallup Poll shows his popu larity remaining at a high level but also shows Governor Nelson Rockefeller making a slight re covery from his post-remarriage low. In some circles the convic tion is growing that the mn who might (top Goldwater is Governor George Romney of Michigan. Goldwtter faithful see a lot of behind-the-acenes maneuvering pointing to Rom ney, including several quiet meeting* among traditional leaders of the Republican Party. It would be accurate to toy that if Goldwater wins the no mination and thereby control of the GOP a revolution will take place in the ranks of the party's leadership. And it might be thst Goldwater will already have won control of the psirty by nominating time. It la now obvious that a vic tory by Goldwater would bring about the most complete change of political philosophy and thinking in the United States in thirty years. It would amount to a revolution in the same sense that the New Deal did in 1933. The revolution would af fect philosophy, personnel and every taxpayer In the country. FIREMAN FOR ?1 YEARS Cleveland, Tenn. ? Holding a record as the oldest fire chief in the United States, both in age and years of service, 76 year-old Lawrence F. McDaris recalls that Theodore Roosevelt had just been sworn in as pres ident when he became a fire man. McDaris joined the fire de partment at the age of 15 and has been chief for the last 28 years. Brushy Fork Home Club The Brushy Fork Home De monstration Club met with Mri. Keba Brooks and Mrs. Bessie Bingham Thursday, September IB. Miss Maude Perry gave the devotion and led the prayer. The group sang "O Master let me walk with Thee" and re peated the club collect. The minutes of last meeting were read and approved. Mrs. Danner made several announcements concerning the coming events of the club. Mrs. Reatha Wilson, Mrs. Dora Green., and Mrs. Martha Greene wee asked to attend a special meeting on Chistmas ideas to give the club next month. The club will display crewel embroidery in their Achievement Day booth. Mrs. Martha Greene gave a project report on household hints, and Mrs. Danner gave a very helpful demonstration on "Are you a good consumer?" Delicious refreshments were served to 18 members and one visitors, Mrs. Marsha Smith, and a new member, Mrs. Mar garet Herndon. Mrs. Ivalee Dancey and Mrs. Dora Greene gave a short re view on the National Citizen ship Conference in which Mrs. Dancey was the county repre sentative. Mrs. Dancey will give a county report at the Home Demonstration A c h i e v ement Program on November 1. Soviet crop loss estimated at 10 per cent. Paul & Ralph Say: "Man's Sixth Sense" Sight, Hearing, Smell, Touch, Taste, And the sense of honor "Honesty isn't any Pol icy at all; It's a state of mind or it isn't honesty." See us for your every ,u need in , tt - 1 5. insurance Coverage' ?PAUL & RALPH Watauga Insurance Agency J. Paul Winkler Ralph Gwaltney Mary Sue j Hartley | Joyce Greer Blllie Jo Wllaon Box 267 223 Weft King Street Boone, N. C. Not Just A Christmas Card... But YOUR Christmas Card! Nothing can ever take the place of an old fashioned Yule visit with friends . . . but the next best thing is the warm, truly personal message of our individ ually . . . Greeting Cards Come In and choose from our handsome collection. 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